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Ireland this week added its name to the growing list of sovereign green bond issuers, achieving one of its main goals as it diversified its investor base. A debut French agency issuer joined the sovereign on Wednesday, printing its first ever deal — which also came from the first ever Green Euro Medium Term Note programme.
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CPI Property Group, which owns real estate in Berlin and Central and Eastern Europe, printed a €600m 3.5 year senior bond on Wednesday, riding high on the back of a recent ratings upgrade to consolidate and refinance its debt. After a successful trade, CPI’s chief financial officer, ex-Deutsche Bank CEEMEA banker David Greenbaum, is setting his sights on Swiss francs and Pro-Bonds.
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With its latest dollar bond, China's Ministry of Finance may have demonstrated the sovereign’s market access and its credit strength even in a hostile trade environment, but a potential repricing of the China state-owned enterprises (SOEs) curve still seems unlikely, writes Addison Gong.
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A pair of debut green bond borrowers made blistering entries to the market on Wednesday. Ireland added its name to the growing list of sovereign green issuers with what on-looking bankers said was a “blowout”, while Société du Grand Paris (SGP) printed at the very top of its size expectations on what was also its debut bond issue of any kind.
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Fondo de Amortización del Déficit Eléctrico braved volatility in the eurozone periphery bond market on Wednesday for its second benchmark of the year.
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Shurgard Self Storage, a European operator of self-storage facilities, has revised the price range for its €575m IPO on Euronext Brussels and is covered throughout the new range, despite a difficult market where several deals have been pulled and others have traded down in the aftermarket.
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Wednesday will be debut day in the green bond market, with Ireland preparing a 12 year inaugural euro benchmark and Société du Grand Paris (SGP) out with a 10 year that will also be its first bond issue of any kind. Both must contend with a market backdrop rife with Italian politics-driven turbulence, although SGP’s deal has so far had what one lead called “one of the strongest starts I’ve seen for a French issuer”.
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Turbulence in China’s equities and bond markets forced Shimao Property Holdings to cull one portion of a dual-tranche dollar bond deal this week as investors shied away from the longer tenor.